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2024 Lincoln Nautilus: The Brand’s First Global SUV
While there is a tendency for new vehicles to have a focus on ride, handling, performance and other dynamic elements, the model year 2024 Lincoln Nautilus team added another element to...
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Novel Technologies Debut on 2024 Toyota Tacoma
For nearly 20 years, the Toyota Tacoma midsize pickup truck has been a sales segment-leader and a reputation-maker. “Innovation is core to our success and to our promotion of new product,”...
Road Ready Test & Measurement
Toyota Punches up the Prius
An undeniable technical achievement since its U.S. launch for the 2001 model year, Toyota’s Prius never has been able to shake its weenie-mobile reputation. It’s an image formed largely by the combination...
Road Ready Unmanned Systems
NAIAS 2022: Seventh-Generation of Ford Mustang Is Highest Performer Yet
The exterior visuals still emphasize a long hood and a short deck, but the V8-powered 2024 Mustang GT’s mammoth air intakes are a telltale that things have...
News Unmanned Systems
Volvo Gets 'Gamey' with Info, Driver-Assist Warnings for Future EVs
As vehicles gain more and more technology such as infotainment, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and electrification, there’s a corresponding need for ways to...
News Test & Measurement
In-Vehicle Software and Services Are Transforming the Industry
The auto industry is undergoing its most dramatic transformation in more than a century, and tomorrow’s vehicles will not only be electrified but as directly linked to the...
Road Ready Lighting
2022 Jeep Compass Gets Class-Leading Safety Upgrades
An all-new interior and a significant increase in onboard safety systems comprise the major design and engineering changes made to the Jeep Compass for MY2022. The compact SUV now offers...
Road Ready Manned Systems
All-Wheel-Drive Returns to Chrysler Pacifica for 2021
The refresh of the 2021 model-year Chrysler Pacifica minivan premiers a top-of-the-line luxury trim, the debut of a next-generation infotainment system, and the return of...
News Test & Measurement
Autonomy Already Influencing Vehicle Interior Design
Just about everyone’s seen a recent rendering of future vehicle interiors, but high-function driver assistance, automated driving and mobility as a service (MaaS) are new dimensions...
Articles Power
Engineering the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette
Two days before the 50th anniversary of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s leap for mankind and 10 years after General Motors emerged from bankruptcy, the camouflage was finally ripped from the...
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2019 New York Auto Show Wrap Up
The New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) rolled into the Javits Convention Center on Manhattan’s west side right after April’s tax day, and the 2019 version saw the industry well represented, with...
Technology Report Energy
Mahle Shows Urban Mobility Concept
A 2-seat electric car concept recently unveiled by a major automotive supplier — best known for pistons and other power-cylinder components — is capable of making inner-city jaunts for up to seven...
Technology Report Unmanned Systems
Magna Bringing Configurable Seating Concept to CES
Magna has provided a glimpse into its vision for the future of configurable cabin spaces, and will provide a life-size transforming seating demo (see gallery) at its booth during the...
News Unmanned Systems
Byton Details Its EV, Autonomy Vision at CES 2019
The 48-in (1219-mm) LCD screen atop the Byton M-byte concept car’s instrument panel is not only the auto industry’s largest in-vehicle display. It also signals what could be a radical...
Technology Report Test & Measurement
Autonomous Vehicles Present Passive-Safety Challenges
Reclined and rotated seating positions are commonly depicted for autonomously driven vehicles. But for the Autoliv engineers tasked with developing occupant safety for tomorrow’s...
Technology Report Design
Ford Shifts to Vehicle Architectures
Ford Motor Company is going from nine global platforms to five flexible vehicle architectures with a strong emphasis on sharing modules. The automaker’s revised product development process is...
News Test & Measurement
Seats and Instrument Panel in Faurecia's Autonomous Vehicle Sights
A power swivel seat and a shape-shifting instrument panel are transformative technologies being developed for autonomous vehicle interior environments.
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Total In-Flight Simulator 50th Anniversary
AFRL's Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS), a Convair C-131 Samaritan aircraft, entered service on March 22, 1955. The C-131 aircraft had performed various transport operations for approximately a decade...
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SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
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EV and Battery Thermal Management Strategies
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How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing
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Advancements in Zinc Die Casting Technology & Alloys for Next-Generation...